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Brendan Behan Quote

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:29:09 +0000

A quote from Brendan Behan on the Irish, “If we didn’t have bad luck, we’d have no luck.”

Irish Proverb

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:15:10 +0000

The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.

Irish Proverb

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:13:29 +0000

There is no need like the lack of a friend.

Irish Proverb

admin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:11:24 +0000

Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.

Sean O’Casey Quote

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:52:46 +0000

“Laughter is good for the soul – laughter soft, or loud or deep, tinged through with seriousness…the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.” Sean O’Casey

Ian Paisley Quote

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:49:12 +0000

After Ian Paisley had delivered one of his fiery “hell and damnation” sermons warning sinners that there would be ‘gnashing of teeth,’ one elderly woman said, “But Reverend, I don’t have teeth.” To which the Reverend Paisley replied, “Teeth will be provided.”

Seamus Heaney Quote

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:45:50 +0000

“I can’t think of a case where a poem changed the world, but what they do is change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world.” Seamus Heaney

Irish Proverb

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:23:16 +0000

A lock is better than suspicion.

G. B. Shaw Quote

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:51:09 +0000

“Life does not cease to be funny when people die anymore than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.” G. B. Shaw

Oliver Goldsmith Quote

admin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:36:59 +0000

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising everytime we fall,” Oliver Goldsmith.